A ‘possible hostile’ alien threat could attack Earth in a few months, according to one study.
A strange intergalactic object, which may allegedly be an extraterrestrial spacecraft, could attack our planet as early as November.
The researchers shared in the July 16 paper, arXiv: “The consequences, should the hypothesis turn out to be correct, could potentially be dire for humanity.”
Labelled 3I/ATLAS by scientists, the ‘interstellar interloper’ was spotted on July 1, heading towards the sun at over 130,000 mph.
Under 24 hours later, other observations noted that the mysterious object could be measuring a huge 15 miles in diameter.
A new study has suggested that aliens may be at fault – with some suggesting it could be ‘technological’ spyware.
A well known Harvard astrophysicist, Avi Loeb, shot to fame in 2017 for his theory that the object ʻOumuamua could be a fake recon probe deployed by alien civilization, due to its peculiar shape and speed.
With Adam Hibbered and Adam Crowl from the Initiative for Interstellar Studies in London, they claim 31/ATLAS shares similar traits that suggest its alien origins.
They added that with its speed, which was faster than Oumuamua, and that it comes in to our solar system at a strange angle, suggests it has ‘various benefits to an extraterrestrial intelligence’.
Loeb wrote in a Medium post: “3I/ATLAS achieves perihelion on the opposite side of the Sun relative to Earth. This could be intentional to avoid detailed observations from Earth-based telescopes when the object is brightest or when gadgets are sent to Earth from that hidden vantage point.”
“It is therefore impractical for earthlings to land on 3I/ATLAS at closest approach by boarding chemical rockets, since our best rockets reach at most a third of that speed.”
He added that due to its position, would ‘entail an arrival in late November or early December of 2025’.
If his theory is accurate, it may ‘possibly require defensive measures to be undertaken’.
Astronomer at the University of Regina, Samantha Lawler, has disputed his theory, claiming: “All evidence points to this being an ordinary comet that was ejected from another solar system, just as countless billions of comets have been ejected from our own solar system.”